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~ J. Ambrose Little (Author), Jason Beres (Author), Grant Hinkson (Author), Devin Rader (Author), Joe Croney (Author)
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This valuable reference—in full color—explains the major new release of Silverlight 3 which is dramatically improved over previous versions and makes the development of powerful Rich Interactive Applications (RIAs) achievable for everyone. Packed with examples and written by a highly-seasoned team of developers and designers, this book guides you through the languages, tools, and techniques that are used to build applications on the Silverlight 3 platform (Build 40522). Each chapter provides a mini-tutorial on the respective topic, and the examples serve to both educate and inspire you. The information in this book is structured to help prepare you for the real-world challenges you may face when building applications on the Silverlight platform. By the end of the book, you’ll have gained a thorough understanding of how Silverlight applications are architected, developed, and designed.

This book covers:

· XAML basics

· Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend 3 and Silverlight Runtime and SDK

Transforming text with render transforms

· Using graphics, visuals and adding media for a richer user experience

· Building application, making it come alive and responding to user activity

· Setting up a control project and using a custom control in an application



From the Back Cover

Silverlight 3 is dramatically improved over previous versions and makes the development of rich interactive applications (RIAs) more achievable for everyone. Packed with examples and written by a team of seasoned developers and designers, this full-color tutorial demonstrates exactly what Silverlight 3 offers for building RIAs that combine animation, graphics, audio, and video.

With a focus on the capabilities provided by the Silverlight 3platform (Build 40522), this book introduces you to the languages, tools, and techniques needed to build applications on the platform. You'll begin with an overview of Silverlight and move on to topic-by-topic coverage of this new platform's capabilities, including new APIs, objects, services, and concepts. Each chapter provides a mini-tutorial on each topic, and the examples serve to both educate and inspire you. The information in this book is structured to help prepare you for the real-world challenges you may face when building applications on the Silverlight platform.

With this resource, you'll gain a thorough understanding of how Silverlight applications are architected, developed, and designed.

What you will learn from this book

  • Ways to create holistic Silverlight applications (not just multimedia glitz)

  • How to solve real-world problems you may face when building your Silverlight applications

  • Ways to use controls, work with text, lay out views, style applications, use graphics, work with audio, and more

  • The basics of using designer and developer tools with Silverlight (including Expression Blend and Visual Studio®)

  • How to use XAML in Silverlight for event handling

  • Transforming text with render transforms

Who this book is for

This book is for .NET developers who want to learn how to create practical Silverlight 3 applications.

Wrox Programmer's References are designed to give the experienced developer straight facts on a new technology, without hype or unnecessary explanations. They deliver hard information with plenty of practical examples to help you apply new tools to your development projects today.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Wrox (August 3, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470385405
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470385401
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #127,040 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great coverage of Silverlight 3, November 19, 2009
By Joel Cochran (Staunton, VA, USA) - See all my reviews
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In July, I was offered the opportunity to review Wrox Publishing's newly released "Professional Silverlight 3", a massive full-color book covering nearly ever aspect of Silverlight 3. I've long been a Wrox fan and as a WPF developer with a web background I have a keen interest in all things Silverlight, so naturally I jumped at the chance to review this new book. Unfortunately, life did what it always does and prevented me from completing the review until now.

NOTE: I finalized this article while attending PDC09, where Scott Guthrie announced Silverlight 4. This release interval for Silverlight has been unprecedented: only three months after the official Silverlight 3 launch! I am confident though that you will still find this book timely and valuable.

As expected, Wrox does not disappoint. Authors J. Ambrose Little, Jason Beres, Grant Hinkson, Devin Rader, and Joseph Croney, all from Infragistics, have provided a wonderful edition that should capture the attention of both fledgling and experienced Silverlight developers. In fact, the introduction and first four chapters should be mandatory reading: they provide the perfect overview to this game changing technology all .Net professionals should understand whether or not their particular interests run towards Silverlight.

If you have never read a full color technical book, you'll quickly find this is wonderful addition. The numerous graphics and screen shots jump off the page, making the material easily consumable. In addition, all code and XAML samples are in full color as well, mimicking the default IntelliSense color scheme. This is perhaps the best part of having a .NET volume printed in full color because it allows us to read code on the page in the same manner in which we are used to reading it on screen. I've always found it a bit unpalatable to read code on the printed page, but this feature makes the code imminently more readable.

The book itself is very well written and easy to follow. The style of the authors reveals their mastery of the material without being overbearing. This is an extremely accessible book to those new to Silverlight but contains plenty of material for the more experienced developer. While the text is clear and concise, in no way is this a light read. Silverlight is a very large topic and any book that attempts to do it justice needs to be sized to the task. That being said, I would not attempt this book, or many like it, cover to cover. While none of the chapters is superfluous, if you are new to Silverlight or WPF, beyond the requisite 4 chapters mentioned above, I would begin with chapters 7, 8, 12 and 14. I would tackle the rest of the chapters on an as needed basis.

Another item I really appreciated in this book was the frequent inclusion of Microsoft Expression Blend. Blend is an invaluable tool for developing WPF and Silverlight applications and yet I find it frequently passed over in technical publications. Going forward, the more complex XAML based applications become, the more imperative it is going to be for developers to learn Blend, so it is nice to see a Silverlight book give Blend the attention it deserves.

On a scale of 1-5, I give this book 4.5 stars. This book is exactly what it needs to be, a great reference aimed at professional developers. I know that as I get more serious about my Silverlight development efforts, I will be reaching for this book frequently.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, October 13, 2009
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This was a great book. I learned a lot from it and its enough to get started and build applications that compete with flex and flash. It has great insight from start to end and its a great reference book. This book does a great job being enthusiastic about the techonology and it has a broad approach using different tools to deploy a solution.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for those new to Silverlight and want to learn the latest, October 22, 2009
In America there is a growing trend to take your date to the prom in a limousine with all the pomp and lavishness and it works (I've heard stories anyway). The same can be said for books. Technical books that deal with certain subjects, CSS, Silverlight etc. are noticeably enhanced when they are printed in full color and Silverlight 3 Programmers Reference is no exception. It helps to clearly demonstrate what the author(s) are portraying.

This book covers both the bases of those new to Silverlight programming and those looking to upgrade their skill sets from Silverlight 2. Silverlight 3 has introduced many enhancements in many areas of the product and the authors have done a good job explaining this. It gently eases you like a pair of well worn slippers into the world of Silverlight programming and captures you with the possibilities that this technology can achieve.

Some chapters of the book are better than others, for example the chapter on styling is the best I've read on Silverlight styling but other chapters, although they get the subject matter across appear to leave out some information and sometimes come across as overviews rather than in-depth tutorials.

The authors have slipped up in a couple of places and you can certainly tell that this book isn't a complete re-write but rather an update of their book on Silverlight 2 as they have forgotten to update the text. This should not put you off however as Silverlight 3 is backwards compatible so what might apply to Silverlight 2 equally applies to Silverlight 3.

I would say that this book is aimed mainly at the newcomer to the Silverlight world and it gives you enough knowledge to more than get started with the technology. Those that are already familiar with Silverlight 2 will learn what is new in Silverlight 3 however the book does not point these things out in an obvious manner which is perhaps one of it's downfalls. The other downfall is you are left with a feeling that some things should have been explained in more depth. It certainly gives you a good introduction to certain things, some things it does cover well and in-depth but this is not consistent throughout the book.

Some things in this world are exquisite, the minute attention to every detail in a Da Vinci, the song of a Ferrari engine. Some things are good but but lack that something that makes them great and most things fall into the category of Mediocre/Useable. This book I would place in the good category if you are new to Silverlight programming. If you are already proficient in Silverlight 2 and looking to learn what's new in Silverlight 3 then perhaps this book is not for you as you really have to dig to find that information.
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